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In brief
Urbanisation
Ellen Thalman

“Can a city be sustainable?”

The “New Urban Agenda” will set a global urbanisation strategy for the next two decades

Summer special
Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk

Unthinkable

Voices of Violence documents atrocities women suffer at the hands of rebels in the DRC and shows how victims can cope with trauma

Summer special
Eva-Maria Verfürth

A girl walks home alone at night

A vampire western in Farsi was produced in the USA and is attracting international attention

Peace agreement
Gregor Maaß
Mario Pilz

Hope for millions of victims of Colombia’s civil war

The upcoming peace agreement in Colombia and its effects on the victims of the civil war

Summer special
Hans Dembowski
Hans Dembowski

A Muslim’s response to Islamist terrorism

A great movie about militant rule in Timbuktu

Sierra Leone
Anne Jung

Boom and bust

The consequences of the Ebola epidemic for Sierra Leone’s economy

Summer special
Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

Women fight back

A funny and political film from India shows women asserting sexual liberty and fighting rape

Summer special
Dagmar Wolf
Dagmar Wolf

Fighting outdated traditions

An Ethiopian movie bridges the divide between tradition and modernity

Neglected diseases
Olaf Hirschmann
Herman Joseph Kawuma

Linking theoretical learning and practical experience

It is very important to train health staff on neglected tropical diseases

Summer special
Katja Dombrowski
Katja Dombrowski

Girl’s destiny

Guatemalan-French movie Ixcanul tells the sad but realistic story of a Mayan girl unable to escape tradition and external control

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Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
Fundamental human right under attack
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Gender Equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

The literary power of Black women writers
What Zanzibar's spices have to do with gender equality
The fate of a Rwandan man with disability
Fundamental human right under attack
Don’t leave sex education to internet pornography

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Youth unemployment remains one of India’s great challenges
Waithood – endless adolescence
“Dialogue of life”
Why Kenya’s youth is taking to the streets
“I am angry because Kenya is not working for many of its citizens”